diff --git a/.github/workflows/knative-releasability.yaml b/.github/workflows/knative-releasability.yaml
index e3e928013d..f13cc479ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/knative-releasability.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/knative-releasability.yaml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           # The following pushes the stdout of buoy into $CHECK_MESSAGE
           CHECK=0
           echo 'CHECK_MESSAGE<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          buoy check go.mod --release ${RELEASE} --domain knative.dev --verbose >> $GITHUB_ENV || CHECK=$?
+          buoy check go.mod --release ${RELEASE} --domain knative.dev --verbose >> $GITHUB_ENV 2>&1 || CHECK=$?
           echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
           # We just captured the return code of the buoy call, test it to see
@@ -104,8 +104,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify
         if: steps.exists.outputs.release-branch == 'false' && env.current == 'true'
         run: |
+          # If we don't run `git status` before the "git diff-index" it seems
+          # to list every file that's been touched by codegen.
+          git status
+          FOUND_DIFF=0
+          for x in $(git diff-index --name-only HEAD --); do
+            if [ "$(basename $x)" = "go.mod" ]; then
+              continue
+            elif [ "$(basename $x)" = "go.sum" ]; then
+              continue
+            elif [ "$(basename $x)" = "modules.txt" ]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+            echo "Found non-module diff: $x"
+            FOUND_DIFF=1
+            break
+          done
+
           # If we see no changes after the upgrade, then we are up to date.
-          if [[ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]]; then
+          if [[ "$FOUND_DIFF" -eq "0"  ]]; then
               echo "VERIFY_MESSAGE=${{ github.repository }} up to date." >> $GITHUB_ENV
           else
               echo "VERIFY_MESSAGE=${{ github.repository }} is out of date." >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/knative-release-notes.yaml b/.github/workflows/knative-release-notes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9c30dd993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/knative-release-notes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Copyright 2020 The Knative Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is automagically synced here from github.com/knative-sandbox/.github
+# repo by knobots: https://github.com/knative-sandbox/knobots and will be overwritten.
+
+name: 'Release Notes'
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        description: 'Branch? (master)'
+        required: true
+        default: 'master'
+      start-sha:
+        description: 'Starting SHA? (last tag on branch)'
+      end-sha:
+        description: 'Ending SHA? (latest HEAD)'
+
+jobs:
+  release-notes:
+    name: Release Notes
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.15.x
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: GO111MODULE=on go get k8s.io/release/cmd/release-notes
+
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          # fetch-depth of 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      # Note: Defaults needs to run after we check out the repo.
+      - name: Defaults
+        run: |
+          echo ORG=$(echo '${{ github.repository }}' | awk -F '/' '{print $1}') >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo REPO=$(echo '${{ github.repository }}' | awk -F '/' '{print $2}') >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          echo "BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          if [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.start-sha }}" != "" ]]; then
+            echo "START_SHA=${{ github.event.inputs.start-sha }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            # Default Starting SHA (thanks @dprotaso)
+            export semver=$(git describe --match "v[0-9]*" --abbrev=0)
+            echo "Using ${semver} tag for starting sha."
+            echo START_SHA=$(git rev-list -n 1 "${semver}") >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.end-sha }}" != "" ]]; then
+            echo "END_SHA=${{ github.event.inputs.end-sha }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            # Default Ending SHA (thanks @dprotaso)
+            echo "END_SHA=$(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
+      - name: Generate Notes
+        run: |
+          # See  https://github.com/kubernetes/release/tree/master/cmd/release-notes for options.
+          # Note: we are setting env vars in the Defaults step.
+          release-notes \
+            --required-author "" \
+            --repo-path       "$(pwd)" \
+            --output          release-notes.md
+
+      - name: Display Notes
+        run: |
+          cat release-notes.md
+
+      - name: Archive Release Notes
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: release-notes.md
+          path: release-notes.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/knative-style.yaml b/.github/workflows/knative-style.yaml
index a57a71a235..ecf9cf6f0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/knative-style.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/knative-style.yaml
@@ -57,8 +57,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: ${{ matrix.tool }} ${{ matrix.options }}
         shell: bash
-        run: |
-          ${{ matrix.tool }} ${{ matrix.options }} -w $(find . -path './vendor' -prune -o -path './third_party' -prune -o -name '*.pb.go' -prune -o -type f -name '*.go' -print)
+        run: >
+          ${{ matrix.tool }} ${{ matrix.options }} -w
+          $(find .
+          -path './vendor' -prune
+          -o -path './third_party' -prune
+          -o -name '*.pb.go' -prune
+          -o -name 'wire_gen.go' -prune
+          -o -type f -name '*.go' -print)
 
       - name: Verify ${{ matrix.tool }}
         shell: bash
@@ -239,7 +245,9 @@ jobs:
               elif echo $ch | grep --quiet -E "fmt\." ; then  # all other fmt. printers.
                 err=$(echo $ch | sed -E 's/(fmt\.)(Print|Fprint)f([^%]+) (%[^sTxq]",)([^,]+)/\1\2\3",\5/')
               fi
-              echo "$file:$line: Please consider avoiding tail format like this:%0A$err"
+              # Trim spaces.
+              ch=$(echo $ch | xargs)
+              echo "$file:$line: Please consider avoiding tail format like this:%0A- $ch%0A+ $err"
           done |
           reviewdog -efm="%f:%l: %m" \
                 -name="Redundant Format" \